Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Amphiboly

Amphiboly ({not transcribed}) , noun

[Latin amphibolia, Greek {not transcribed}: compare Old English amphibolie. See Amphibolous.]

Ambiguous discourse; amphibology.
If it oracle contrary to our interest or humor, we will create an amphiboly, a double meaning where there is none. — Whitlock